Rail-joint.



'No. 880,906. 'PATENTED MAR. 3,-1908.

W. NEWGENT.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1907.

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RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 28, 1907.

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WILLIAM NEWGENT, OF WEST BADEN, INDIANA.

RAIL-JOINT provide a simple, strong, durable and e'l licient joint for the ends of railway rails which will not require the use of bolts and nuts.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a rail joint or splice which will not spread, creep or sink in use, and in which the rolling stock Wlll not pound in passing over the joint, and in which threaded bolts are entirely dispensed with.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the meeting ends of a pair of railway rails joined in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the male member of the joint. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the female member of thejoint. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on the line 44, of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar View on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates what I may term for convenience in this description, the male member of the joint, said male member comprising an ordinary railway rail, one end of which is provided with an integral rail chair 2 which terminates at some distance back of the end of the rail and is provided with a Near the end of the rail is a reduced portion 4 having oppositelv disposed shoulders 5, and at the end of the reduced portion 4 is a neck 6 having oppositely disposed shoulders 7 and projecting from the neck 6 is a dove-tail tenon 8. Projecting from the underside of the neck 6 is a ug 9 provided with a slot 10 and underneath the rail portion some distance back of the lug 9 is a similar lug 11 also provided with a slot 12.

The femalemember 13 of the joint conslsts of a chalr member 14 formed integral Wlth the end of the rail and projecting be- Specification of Letters Patent.-

Application filed June 28, 1907.

Patented March 3, 1908.

Serial No..381,262.

yond the shoulders 15 formed at the ends of the parallel members 16. A reduced recess 17 is formed in the female member and shoulders ,18 are disposed at the opposite sides of said recess, and a dove-tailed mortise 19 is formed at the opposite end of the recess 17 from the shoulders 18. A squared aperture 20 is formed in' the floor of the chair 14 and a similar aperture is formed at the bottom of the recess 17 The meeting ends of the rails are united by placing thedove-tailed portion 8 in the mortise 19 with the lug 9 extending through the aperture 10 at the bottom of the recess 17, while the lug 11 extends through an aperture similar. to the one designated as 20. Keys or wedges 21' are'driven through the slots 10 and 12 in the lugs 9 and 11 to hold the ointfirmly connected.

It will be understood that each rail has at one end a male member and at the opposite end a female member, thus making the joints continuous from one end of a track to the other by uniting the parts as has been described.

From the foregoing it will be obvious ,that' a rail joint made in accordance with inyinvention is exceedingly strong and durable, will prevent the rails fFom spreading or sinking, and that the rolling stock in passing over the joint will not pound, and that threaded bolts are entirely dispensed with in connecting the rails together.

Certain changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: 7,,

1. A rail joint comprising a rail having at one end a male member consisting of an integral chair, a reduced portion, a neck and a dove-tailed tenon, slotted lugs extending downwardly from said male member, and a female member conforming to said male member and provided with openings therein for the slotted lugs, and keys driven through the slots in said lugs transversely of the rails.

2. In a rail joint, a male member com prising an integral chair, a reduced portion, shoulders at opposite sides of said reduced portion, a 1160i, shoulders at opposite sides ,of saidneck, a dove-tailed projection, slotted transversely, through the slots for locking "lugs extending downwardly from said mernthetwo' members together. 10 her; a female member comprising an in- In testimony whereof, I affix mysignature tegral chair, oppositely disposed parallel in presence of two Witnesses.

' 5 members, a recess and a dove-tailed mortise, WILLIAM N EWGEN T.

said chair having apertures in the bottom Witnesses: thereof through Wlnch the slotted lugs are ED. BALLARD extended, and Wedge shaped keys driven WILL N. TALBO'TT. 

